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From: goldman@mbcl.rutgers.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: 256-colors
Message-ID: <394.280abf88@mbcl.rutgers.edu>
Date: 16 Apr 91 13:10:31 GMT
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In article <10434@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>, lairdkb@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Kyler Laird) writes:
> I just got a couple Northgate systems with the built-in ATI graphics cards,
> and one with an Orchid Pro Designer.  Northgate says that their OS/2 (1.21!)
> will support 256 colors.  I can't find out, however, until they send me the
> 3.5" versions of OS/2!!
> 
> I would like to know what software supports 256 colors.  I've received lots
> of (mis)information.
> 
> One woman told me that my color scanner (Epson) would never be supported under
> OS/2 (1.3) since OS/2 doesn't support color.  (???)
> 
> I have OS2GIF.EXE.  I am able to use the 256 color mode, but only at low-res
> and not under PM.  (Why do people keep calling it "Program Manager"?)  Anyone
> know of updates that allow this to use the higher resolutions?
There's an italian version of a gif program, called pmgif11? that you could
get (eg) from Pete Norloff's BBS in Virginia.  It may be on the net somewhere
too, I don't know.  This does 256 colours in a PM window. It's slow as 
molasses, though.  But it's the best that I'm aware of.  There's another
pmgif (pmgif10.zip?) that I think Alan Ballard has up at mtsg.ubc.ca.  That's
much faster, but only does 16 colours.
> 
> BTW, I'm working on a picture database (using Imara soon).  Monochrome is o.k.
> for printed music, but I also want to capture color output from an electronic
> camera (Mavica).
> 
> thanks for the help!
> 
> --kyler

		Adrian
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